Packing structure

ABSTRACT

A packing structure including a first packing component, a second packing component, and two lenses is provided. The second packing component is adapted to be combined with the first packing component detachably, such that a containing space is formed between the first packing component and the second packing component. The containing space is adapted to contain an electronic device. The two lenses are disposed on the second packing component. An image displayed by a display surface of the electronic device is adapted to be transmitted to outside of the containing space through the two lenses, so as to form a virtual reality image.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation application of and claims the priority benefit ofU.S. application Ser. No. 15/483,570, filed on Apr. 10, 2017, whichclaims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 105120381,filed on Jun. 28, 2016. The entirety of each of the above-mentionedpatent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and madea part of this specification.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a packing structure. More particularly, theinvention relates to a packing structure with virtual reality imagefunction.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

Portable display devices, such as smart phones and tablet PCs, havereceived significant popularity in the general consumer market. Most ofthe portable display devices are wrapped with paper packages when sold.Nevertheless, the paper packages provide only wrapping andproduct-shipping functions. In other words, the paper packages haverelatively lower added values and functional benefits and thereby arethrown away easily by consumers. It thus can be observed that the paperpackages fail to be in line with the concept of environmentalprotection.

Moreover, along with advances in display technology and increasingdesire for high-tech products from consumers, the portable displaydevices no longer satisfy consumers' needs for visual entertainment. Thevirtual reality (VR) display technology thus gradually becomes matureand popular. Head mounted displays (HMDs) and video glasses are the twodevices configured to realize the technology. Nevertheless, consumershave to spend extra money to purchase the VR display devices in order toexperience visual entertainment effects.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides a packing structure for delivering wrapping,product-shipping, and virtual reality (VR) image functions.

In an embodiment of the invention, a packing structure includes a firstpacking casing, a second packing casing, and two lenses. The secondpacking casing is adapted to be combined with the first packing casingdetachably, such that a containing space is formed between the firstpacking casing and the second packing casing. The containing space isadapted to contain an electronic device. The two lenses are disposed onthe second packing casing. An image displayed by a display surface ofthe electronic device is adapted to be transmitted to outside of thecontaining space through the two lenses, so as to form a VR image.

In view of the foregoing, in the packing structure provided by theembodiments of the invention, the first packing casing and the secondpacking casing may be combined to contain the electronic device.Moreover, two lenses are disposed on the second packing casing, and thetwo lenses are configured to work with the image displayed by theelectronic device in the packing structure so as to provide VR imagesfor a user. Thus, after purchasing the electronic device, the user isable to experience VR visual entertainment effects through the packingstructure. Besides providing wrapping and product-shipping functions,the packing structure may further enhance its added values andfunctional benefits through VR visual entertainment effects, so as toattract consumers to make purchases and be in line with the concept ofenvironmental protection.

To make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of theinvention more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied withdrawings are described in detail as follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitutea part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplaryembodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serveto explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a packing structure according toan embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a breakdown view of the packing structure of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 are three-dimensional views of partial components ofthe packing structure of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 illustrates a fourth packing casing of FIG. 5 is removed.

FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional view of a second packing casing of FIG. 2from another view angle.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a packing structure according toan embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a breakdown view of thepacking structure of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in theembodiment, a packing structure 100 is, for example but not limited to,a paper packing structure and includes a first packing casing 110, asecond packing casing 120, a third packing casing 130, and a fourthpacking casing 140 configured to be combined with one another to pack anelectronic device 50. The electronic device 50 is, for example but notlimited to, a smart phone.

FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 are three-dimensional views of partial components ofthe packing structure of FIG. 1. It should be noted that view angles ofFIG. 3 to FIG. 5 differ from a view angle of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3,the first packing casing 100 is adapted to be loaded by the electronicdevice 50. The fourth packing casing 140 is, for example, configured tocontain an accessory (e.g., a charger, a pair of earphones, and etc.) ofthe electronic device 50 and as shown in FIG. 4, adapted to be disposedon the first packing element 110 to be located above the electronicdevice 50. As shown in FIG. 5, the second packing casing 120 is adaptedto be combined with the first packing casing 110 detachably (illustratedas the second packing casing 120 is embedded into the first packingcasing 110), such that a containing space C is formed between the firstpacking casing 110 and the second packing casing 120. The containingspace C is adapted to contain the electronic device 50 and the fourthpacking casing 140. The fourth packing casing 140 is sandwiched betweenthe electronic device 50 and the second packing casing 120.

As shown in FIG. 1, the third packing casing 130 is adapted to be fittedaround the first packing casing 110 and the second packing casing 120,to cover at least a portion of the first packing casing 110 and at leasta portion of the second packing casing 120 and to restrict the secondpacking casing 120 at the first packing casing 110. In the embodiment,the packing structure 100 shown in FIG. 1 is the packing appearance ofthe electronic device 50 when being sold. Information such as theappearance, model, brand name, specification, and etc. of a product maybe printed on an outer surface of the third packing casing 130 to beviewed by a user.

FIG. 6 illustrates a fourth packing casing of FIG. 5 is removed. Itshould be noted that a view angle of FIG. 6 is identical to the viewangel of FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, the packingstructure 100 further includes two lenses 150. The two lenses 150 are,for example, convex lenses and are disposed on the second packing casing120 and configured to work with the electronic device 50 to provideimage effects of virtual reality. Specifically, the fourth packingcasing 140 as shown in FIG. 4 may be removed and the second packingcasing 120 may be placed in the first packing casing 110 by the user,such as a state shown in FIG. 6. Meanwhile, the fourth packing casing140 is no longer exist, such that, compared to a state shown in FIG. 5,the second packing casing 120 as shown in FIG. 6, for example, furthersinks into the first packing casing 110, and that the containing space Cis reduced. But the invention is not limited thereto.

Under a state shown in FIG. 6, the two lenses 150 on the second packingcasing 120 correspond to the electronic device 50 in the containingspace C (shown in FIG. 3). The first packing casing 110 shown in FIG. 6may be held by the user, such that the first packing casing 110 alongwith the second packing casing 120 and the electronic device 50 thereinare adjacent to the user's eyes. Moreover, the two lenses 150 arepositioned on the user's eyes. An image displayed by a display surface52 of the electronic device 50 may be transmitted to outside of thecontaining space C through the two lenses 150, so as to form a virtualreality (VR) image on the user's eyes. The VR image is generated by adisplayed image created by lenses along with a display device. Suchoptical effect is a conventional technique in the art and thus is notrepeated hereinafter.

According to such disposition, after purchasing the electronic device50, the user is able to experience VR visual entertainment effectsthrough the packing structure 100. Besides providing wrapping andproduct-shipping functions, the packing structure 100 may furtherenhance its added values and functional benefits through VR visualentertainment effect, so as to attract consumers to make purchases andbe in line with the concept of environmental protection.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, the second packing casing 120provided by the embodiment has two opening holes 122. An inner edge ofeach of the two opening holes 122 has a plurality of protruding portions122 a, and the protruding portions 122 a are configured to restrict thetwo lenses 150 respectively within the two opening holes 122. It shouldbe noted that owing to different view angles, only the protrudingportions 122 a located at an outer surface of the second packing casing120 are illustrated in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6. The inner edge ofeach of the opening holes 122 also has the protruding portions 122 a(shown in FIG. 7) located at an inner surface of the second packingcasing 120. Such that the lenses 150 are securely sandwiched through theprotruding portions 122 a at the outer surface and the protrudingportions 122 a at the inner surface. In other embodiments, each of thelenses 150 may be slidably disposed on the second packing casing 120. Assuch, a distance between the two lenses 150 may be adjusted according todistances between eyes among different users.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the packing structure 100 provided bythe embodiment further includes at least one elastic location element160 (two are illustrated in FIG. 3). The elastic location element 160 isdisposed on the first packing casing 110 and located in the containingspace C (shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6). A material of the elastic locationelement 160 is, for example, foam or other suitable elastic materials.The elastic location element 160 is configured to position theelectronic device 50. Specifically, shown in FIG. 3, the two elasticlocation elements 160 may respectively abut against opposite ends of theelectronic device 50. A portion of each of the elastic location elements160 may further extend onto the electronic device 50, such that theelectronic device 50 is securely pressed and located in the firstpacking casing 110.

In the embodiment, VR visual effects are, for example, applied tointeractive games executed by the electronic device 50. The user is ableto perform a touch operation on the electronic device 50 when playinggames, which will be described in detail below. FIG. 7 is athree-dimensional view of a second packing casing of FIG. 2 from anotherview angle. Referring to FIG. 7, the second packing casing 120 providedby the embodiment includes a main body 120 a, a touch portion 120 b, anda linkage portion 120 c. The touch portion 120 b and the linkage portion120 c are connected to each other and bendably connected to the mainbody 120 a. Under the state shown in FIG. 6, the touch portion 120 b isadapted to be bent into the containing space C (shown in FIG. 6) asshown in FIG. 7. The linkage portion 120 c is adapted to be forced todrive the touch portion 120 b. Thus, the touch portion 120 b is bent anda display surface 52 of the electronic device 50 is pressed by a touchprotruding portion P (shown in FIG. 3), and that a touch operation isperformed on the display surface 52.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the first packing casing 110of the packing structure 100 has at least one opening H1 (two areillustrated), and as shown in FIG. 2, the second packing casing 120 ofthe packing structure 100 has at least one opening H2 (two areillustrated). Under the state shown in FIG. 6, the opening H1 and theopening H2 overlap and expose the linkage portion 120 c. Such that thelinkage portion 120 c may be forced through the opening H1 and theopening H2 so as to drive the touch portion 120 b to press the displaysurface 52 of the electronic device 50. In the embodiment, a material ofthe touch portion 120 b and the linkage portion 120 c includes, forexample, a conductive material. Thereby, the user is able to perform thetouch operation smoothly through the touch portion 120 b and the linkageportion 120 c.

Besides, as shown in FIG. 7, the packing structure may further includean elastic connection element 170. The elastic connection element 170is, for example but not limited to, an elastic rubber band. The elasticconnection element 170 is connected to the main body 120 a of the secondpacking casing 120 and is adapted to be connected to the touch portion120 b of the second packing casing 120 detachably. Thus, the touchportion 120 b is able to return to a position away from the displaysurface 52 of the electronic device 50 (illustrated in FIG. 3) throughan elastic force of the elastic connection element 170. Thereby, thetouch portion 120 b is prevented from not being able to reboundautomatically and failing to smoothly perform following touch operationsafter pressing the display surface 52. Specifically, in the embodiment,the main body 120 a has a hole A, and the touch portion 120 b has atleast one recess N (two are illustrated). An end of the elasticconnection element 170 is connected to the main body 120 a through thehole A. When the user intends to experience RV and performs a touchoperation, the other end of the elastic connection element 170 may befitted around the touch portion 120 b detachably through the recess N,and that the connection between the touch portion 120 b and the elasticconnection element 170 is completed. In addition, a portion of theelastic connection element 170 located outside of the hole A (i.e., theportion indicated by the reference number 170 in FIG. 6) may further bewound around outside of the main body 120 a and fitted around the recessN from an upper edge of the touch portion 120 b in FIG. 7, so as toinstall the elastic connection element 170 more securely. In otherwords, the two ends of the elastic connection element 170 are fittedaround the recess N respectively from an upper side and a bottom side ofthe touch portion 120 b. In other embodiments, the elastic connectionelement 170 may be connected between the main body 120 a and the touchportion 120 b through other suitable methods. The invention is notlimited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 6, in the embodiment, the second packing casing 120has a space-allowing hole H3, and the first packing casing 110 has aspace-allowing recess portion H4 corresponding to space-allowing holeH3. The space-allowing hole H3 and the space-allowing recess portion H4are used to create a space for the nose of the user, so as to facilitatethe VR operation.

To sum up, in the packing structure provided by the embodiments of theinvention, the first packing casing and the second packing casing may becombined to contain the electronic device. Moreover, two lenses aredisposed on the second packing casing, and the two lenses are configuredto work with the image displayed by the electronic device in the packingstructure so as to provide VR images for the user. As such, afterpurchasing the electronic device, the user is able to experience VRvisual entertainment effects through the packing structure. Besidesproviding wrapping and product-shipping functions, the packing structuremay further enhance its added values and functional benefits through VRvisual entertainment effects, so as to attract consumers to makepurchases and be in line with the concept of environmental protection.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodimentswithout departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view ofthe foregoing, it is intended that the invention covers modificationsand variations provided that they fall within the scope of the followingclaims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A packing structure, comprising: a first packingcasing; a second packing casing, adapted to be combined with the firstpacking casing detachably, such that a containing space is formedbetween the first packing casing and the second packing casing, whereinthe containing space is adapted to contain an electronic device; atleast one location element, disposed on the first packing casing andlocated outside the second packing casing, wherein the at least onelocation element is adapted to position the electronic device, and theat least one location element comprises two location elements separatedfrom each other; and two lenses, disposed on the second packing casing,wherein an image displayed by a display surface of the electronic deviceis adapted to be transmitted to outside of the containing space throughthe two lenses, so as to form a virtual reality image, wherein thesecond packing casing comprises a main body and a touch portion, thetouch portion is located between the two location elements and isbendably connected to the main body, and the touch portion is adapted tobe bent into the containing space and adapted to be forced to press thedisplay surface for performing a touch operation on the display surface.2. The packing structure as claimed in claim 1, comprising a thirdpacking casing, wherein the third packing casing is adapted to be fittedaround the first packing casing and the second packing casing, so as tocover at least a portion of the first packing casing and at least aportion of the second packing casing and to restrict the second packingcasing at the first packing casing.
 3. The packing structure as claimedin claim 1, comprising a fourth packing casing, wherein at least oneaccessory of the electronic device is adapted to be contained in thefourth packing casing, and the fourth packing casing is adapted to becontained in the containing space and sandwiched between the electronicdevice and the second packing casing.
 4. The packing structure asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the second packing casing has two openingholes, an inner edge of each of the two opening holes has a plurality ofprotruding portions, and the protruding portions restrict the two lensesrespectively within the two opening holes.
 5. The packing structure asclaimed in claim 1, having at least one opening, wherein the secondpacking casing has a linkage portion, the at least one opening exposesthe linkage portion, the linkage portion is connected to the touchportion, and the linkage portion is adapted to be forced through the atleast one opening to drive the touch portion to press the displaysurface.
 6. The packing structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein amaterial of the touch portion and the linkage portion comprises aconductive material.
 7. The packing structure as claimed in claim 1,comprising an elastic connection element, wherein the elastic connectionelement is connected to the main body and is adapted to be detachablyconnected to the touch portion, and the touch portion is adapted toreturn to a position away from the display surface through an elasticforce of the elastic connection element.
 8. The packing structure asclaimed in claim 7, wherein the main body has a hole, the touch portionhas at least one recess, an end of the elastic connection element isconnected to the main body through the hole, and the other end of theelastic connection element is detachably fitted around the touch portionthrough the at least one recess.
 9. The packing structure as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the at least one location element is at least oneelastic location element.
 10. The packing structure as claimed in claim1, wherein the electronic device further comprises two longitudinal-sidesurfaces, the two longitudinal-side surfaces are respectivelyperpendicular to the display surface and opposite to each other, whereintwo gaps, respectively formed between the two location elements, theelectronic device, and the first packing casing, extend along the twolongitudinal-side surfaces, the two gaps respectively expose a portionof each of the two longitudinal-side surfaces.